The east face of Mount of the Holy Cross rises in dark rock, split by a cross-shaped snow couloir that stands out white against the stone. The peak sits in the Sawatch Range of central Colorado at just over 14,000 feet, and its cross of snow became a national curiosity after William Henry Jackson photographed it in 1873. Tourists and pilgrims traveled to the mountain for decades to see the formation, which shifts with each season's snowpack.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; image runs to the edges with no white border.
No postmark. Divided-back layout with linen-textured front, E C / PLACE STAMP HERE / K Co stamp box, printed caption “MOUNT OF THE HOLY CROSS, COLORADO” and printed descriptive paragraph about the image, and Elmer C. Clark publisher line with E. C. Kropp Co. “Natural Color Card” imprint; pencil dealer mark “100” at top right. Light age toning only.
Cite this card
Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/mount-of-the-holy-cross-colorado-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.
